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COP28 special update from the Walker Institute

COP28 special update from the Walker Institute

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Cross-border climate change impacts: a conference to rethink climate risk in an interconnected world.

Cross-border climate change impacts: a conference to rethink climate risk in an interconnected world.

  The “Cross-border climate change impacts and systemic risks in Europe and beyond” conference was an inspiring forum to explore cross-border climate impacts and systemic risks. The conference themes ranged from trade and value ...
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Launch of research project with Sightsavers

Launch of research project with Sightsavers

Sightsavers and the Walker Institute at the University of Reading have teamed up on a new research project that will look at how climate change could affect the reach of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Malawi. Professor Rosalind ...
My Climate Risk Education Working Group: Can We Do Better? Climate Science and Colonialism.

My Climate Risk Education Working Group: Can We Do Better? Climate Science and Colonialism.

This two-day webinar series is part of the MCR Education Working Group's exploration of Colonialism and Climate.
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Lynn De Miranda – Green Messenger at the Reading Festival

Lynn De Miranda – Green Messenger at the Reading Festival

Lynn De Miranda, a first-year bioscience PhD student, talks about her experience as a Green Messenger during the Reading Festival.
Report from the SB-58 Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany – Lamin Dibba MSc Agriculture and Development student  – Part 1

Report from the SB-58 Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany – Lamin Dibba MSc Agriculture and Development student – Part 1

Lamin Dibba, MSc Agriculture and Development student at the Graduate Institute of International Development Agriculture and Economics (GIIDAE), a 2022/2023 Chevening Scholar at the University of Reading, and a member of the International Association of Students in Agriculture and related Sciences (IAAS), attended the Bonn Conference and reports back to the Walker Institute with a comprehensive report in two parts. Part 1.
Report from the SB-58 Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany – Lamin Dibba MSc Agriculture and Development student  – Part 2

Report from the SB-58 Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany – Lamin Dibba MSc Agriculture and Development student – Part 2

Lamin Dibba, MSc Agriculture and Development student at the Graduate Institute of International Development Agriculture and Economics (GIIDAE), a 2022/2023 Chevening Scholar at the University of Reading, and a member of the International Association of Students in Agriculture and related Sciences (IAAS), attended the Bonn Conference and reports back to the Walker Institute with a comprehensive report in two parts. Part 2.